Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure's international comeback has been delayed after he withdrew from the squad for this month's African Nations Cup qualifiers with a heel injury.

Ivorian Football Federation officials said on Tuesday that the 32-year-old Manchester City player suffered a recurrence of the injury in Sunday's 1-0 Premier League derby defeat at home to Manchester United.

The player had missed the 3-0 defeat at Liverpool and the goalless draw at Norwich with the problem in recent weeks.

Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure's international comeback isdelayed after he withdrew from the squad

Toure suffered a recurrence of his heel injury in Sunday's 1-0 Premier League defeat to Manchester United

Toure has not played for his country since captaining the Ivorians to Nations Cup success in February last year.

In that period he has missed several qualifiers for the next continental finals in Gabon in 2017 and the start of the preliminaries for the 2018 World Cup.